Platform Components

The Unwired Platform architecture consists of a server tier, a data tier, and client tier. In a production environment, the server and data tiers must be installed on 64-bit hosts.

Server-tier components integrate with back-end enterprise systems, data access and transaction services, device and application deployment, and system management functionality. The data-tier is used to store data retrieved from the backend data sources and other runtime related metadata. The client tier consists of device applications built on top of the Unwired Platform client runtime.

You can employ different secure application communication styles—replication and messaging—between the client and the server tiers. Unwired Platform uses a relay server as a component of the enterprise demilitarized zone (DMZ), to securely integrate mobile devices into your system landscape. You need not install any Unwired Platform components on the carrier network or outside your firewall; they can all be installed and controlled within your corporate networks.

For developers, Unwired Platform includes a complete application development environment. Unwired Platform offers a choice of multiple application models—native application development, Device Application Designer development, or simple codeless business process mobilization—by reusing your development and deployment investments in the Unwired Platform server tier. If you choose, you can install the Sybase Unwired Platform Windows Mobile .NET Component in your Microsoft Visual Studio installation. See Application Development Environment.

• Unwired Server
  The Unwired Platform runtime server is called Unwired Server. Unwired Server manages the data exchange process between the enterprise and device clients to create a homogeneous layer in a diverse mobile ecosystem. In a production environment, the Unwired Server must be installed on a 64-bit host.
• Application Development Environment
  Unwired Platform incorporates the Eclipse-based Sybase Unwired WorkSpace application development environment.
• Sybase Control Center
  Sybase Control Center (SCC) is the primary tool for administering and monitoring the Unwired Platform environment.
• Device Clients
  A device client is the mobile device a user employs to access your enterprise resources remotely. When a device becomes a client to the Unwired Platform, the device is given an ID, which is typically distinct from the device users identity.
• Relay Server
  The relay server, a required component in a highly-available production environment, adds an extra layer of security and load balancing to the server environment. This server component, which is deployed into the enterprise DMZ, allows secure communications between devices and Unwired Server components across the firewall.